> I'm with Graywolf here, on the pro-split-em side.  My reasoning is
> similar to his:  /usr doesn't get modified often, usually only when new
> software is installed.  /var gets modified all the time.  It hold the
> databases (locate, pkg, mysql), the log files, the mail spool (both in
> and out), printer spools... it's one busy little partition.
>
> If there is file system corruption, either from a bug or a power glitch
> or whatever, I'd rather only lose the data on /var -- suck though it

in case of one partition you will lose only unwritten data too so no
problems with /usr.